This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. My Son Wears Dresses; Get Over It by Matt Duron of The Atlantic says: “A lot of marriages don’t survive raising a gender-creative son who is, statistically speaking, most likely going to be gay or […]
Not long ago it was socially acceptable to say, “I won’t read that book, it’s about black people” in the same way that boys routinely reject stories about girls today, says Soraya Chemaly. One day, a few years ago, when my daughter was in third grade, she had to explain to a classmate what sexism […]
Dear Teenage Girls, By now, I’m sure you’ve all read this letter from a Mrs. Hall, shaming you for your scantily-clad selfies and your braless pajama photos, and explaining why you are not permitted to associate with her perfectly chaste sons. I read her letter, too. And it made me feel compelled to write one […]
Are “Do-It-Herself” workshops and “Puzzles For Her” really necessary? Or are they only creating a deeper divide between women and men? The sections of a popular clothing website are labeled “T-shirts” and “Girls’ T-Shirts.” The aisle in the pharmacy says “Deodorant” and “Women’s Deodorant.” In the toy store, there are “Puzzles” and “Puzzles for Her” […]
Don’t put up a wall when someone brings up stereotypes or bias—break it down, says Chelsea Cristene. Audience analysis. Conventional wisdom. Demographics. If you were to sit in one of my speech or communications classes, you’d hear these three terms a lot. Merriam-Webster defines “demographics” as the statistical characteristics of human populations…used especially to identify […]
This originally appeared on Feminists-At-Large. Republished here with permission. For anyone who’s spent at least a minimal amount of time within the pages, blogs, feeds, and conversations of modern feminism, it should be more than apparent that feminism can no longer survive and succeed as a discrete, limited endeavor. Intersectionality has been a buzzword and […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. When Your (Brown) Body Is A (White) Wonderland by Tressie McMillan Cottom of Tressiemc.com discusses Miley Cyrus’s Video Music Awards performance and the objectification of female black bodies. 2. The Feminist Bean Counters Are Back […]
We’ve come a long way, says Khadijah Costley White, but we’ve still got a long way to go. August 28, 1955, was the day that a black boy, visiting relatives in the South, was murdered. In the middle of the night, he was pulled, probably screaming, from his great-uncle’s house. His relatives, too, were likely […]
